BlockVanished settlements of Whitley County, Kentucky
The Geographic Names Information System records 6 places in Whitley County, Kentucky that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
6A place leaves this list only by being unmade: the post office closes, the mine works out, the road moves. The name stays in the federal gazetteer, flagged historical, and the topographic sheets that recorded it stay in the archive.
| Where in the county | Place | Where it stood | Nearest place today | Mapped |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Grove | on Little Spruce Creek, Vox quadrangle | 1.1 miles north-west of Woodland Estates | 16 sheets, 1890 to 1981 | |
| Louden Coal Camp | on Whetstone Creek, Rockholds quadrangle | 0.2 miles north-east of Louden | 16 sheets, 1890 to 1981 | |
| Red Ash Coal Camp | near Proctor Hollow, Jellico West quadrangle | 2.9 miles north-east of Red Ash | 16 sheets, 1890 to 1981 | |
| Shelly Knob Camp | near Shelly Hollow, Williamsburg quadrangle | 1.3 miles north-west of Jellico Creek | 15 sheets, 1890 to 1981 | |
| Suttons Mill | on Bunch Creek, Saxton quadrangle | 0.2 miles south of Yaden | 15 sheets, 1890 to 1981 | |
| Watts Creek Jellico Coal Company | on Idiot Branch, Rockholds quadrangle | 1.0 miles south-west of Wofford | 16 sheets, 1890 to 1981 |
Provenance
- Which settlements are gone. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey. A place is listed here when the federal gazetteer flags its record historical; that is the government's judgement, not this site's.
- Where each one stood. The gazetteer's own coordinates, and the nearest named landform and quadrangle from the same file.
- Distance and direction to the nearest surviving place. Computed here from the gazetteer coordinates of both places, straight line, to the nearest tenth of a mile.
- Sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The count is of sheets covering the site, so it describes how often the AREA was surveyed and not how long the settlement lasted.